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Concerns abound over EC energy package
The EC's third energy package, which recommends that generators and suppliers sell off their transmission assets, has met with resistance from incumbent utilities and raised questions among traders. Oliver Holtaway reports
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Hedge fund
Algo my way
Algorithmic trading
Derivati su panieri azionari
Le Aziende Informano
One big happy family
Option Pricing Models
Not stressed enough
Stress Testing
Modelling South African swap spreads
Sponsored Statement
No silver bullet
The emergence of contingent credit default swaps has presented banks with a new way to manage their counterparty credit exposures. However, they have important limitations, argues David Rowe
EC energy package meets mixed response
The EC’s third package of EU energy market liberalisation measures has stopped short of insisting on full ownership unbundling of transmission infrastructure from generation and supply assets, and of creating a fully-fledged European energy regulator.
Launch fatigue
Exchanges
Q&A Corry Bazley
Q-Wixx, a system developed by broker Creditex that automates the pricing and execution of lists of CDS, promises to improve efficiency and cut op risk for dealers and hedge funds. Q-Wixx's business development manager explains exactly how the system works
Full steam ahead for FFAs
Freight derivatives
Dealing with volatility
Sponsored event
Integrating op risk
Basel II
Ahead down under
Basel II
Algo my way
Algorithmic trading
Lagging risk management
The rate of growth in the complexity of new derivatives products is causing a worrisome lag in risk management's ability to keep pace. As credit derivatives markets endure a period of stress, this lag could have serious consequences, argues David Rowe
Matchmakers
Post-trade confirmation in the energy market, once slow and prone to error, is becoming increasingly efficient due to the successful rollout of trade confirmation standards. David Watkins looks at how two of the competing standards have developed